Frank P. Crossin was born on June 15, 1891, and died on Dec. 6, 1965. Frank Crossin started his career in baseball as a catcher for the Luzerne Reds in 1909. He played for Bloomsburg in 1910 and 1911, where they were champions for two...
In his younger days, Carmen Manganiello had a certain charisma about him. He stood for everything people respected. He was an honor student, an altar boy, a superior athlete. Manganiello was good in whatever he tried. He was at his best when he put on...
Bob Probert started his football, baseball, and basketball careers at West Hazleton High School. He played offensive end and linebacker on their 1947 Southern Division of the Eastern Conference Championship Football team. He was co-captain of the 1948 football team. He also played on WHHS's...
Hazleton Area High head basketball coach, Bruce Leib, will become one of the youngest members of the Luzerne County Sports Hall of Fame when he is inducted. Leib, who has been a head coach 15 years, went over the 300 mark in victories last season...
William "Bill" Long, a member of the Old Forge and Lackawanna County School Board, is a graduate of Old Forge High School. While a student at Old Forge, Bill played on two Championship teams. Upon graduation, Bill continued to play baseball, first as an amateur...
Following an outstanding football career at Hazleton High School from 1942 to 1945 as a two-way player (offensive tight end and linebacker), Pat Garramone was offered an athletic scholarship to Auburn University, which he accepted. He captained the Hazleton High team in his senior year,...
A three-sport athlete at G.A.R. High School. During his high school career he won ten letters, was captain of the football and basketball teams. He was All-Scholastic in both sports, and received All-State honors in football. He was highly recruited out of high school and...
"Luke" led his GAR team to 29 straight wins in his first four years at the school; under his guidance, GAR won its first Wyoming Valley Conference Championship in 1952, with a record of 9-0-1. He began his high school coaching career at Wyoming in...
Joseph Reino was born in Luzerne, Pa. He rode high in the saddle. His first flirtation with racing came when he and his brothers built a soap box and entered a derby in his home town of Luzerne. Joe won that race and went on...
John "Promp" Popson - All-Scholastic at Swoyersville High, 1949 and 1950 in three sports, baseball, football, and basketball. In baseball he was a top catcher and hitter, in basketball, guard, good shooter, and ball handler, in football, running back and linebacker. He made second string...
Joe Pisarcik, a member of a select group of Wyoming Valley Area athletes to attain star status in the National Football League, began his career at Kingston Central Catholic High School during the years of 1966-1970, after a brilliant high school career where he set...
John B. Cimakasky was born in and also grew up in Duryea, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Duryea High School in 1934 after completing four years of varsity football, as well as four years of varsity baseball. Receiving a full football scholar-ship from Scranton University, John...